Ripper
Ripper is an interactive movie point-and-click adventure game.
Ripper is an adventure developed by Take-Two Interactive, released 29 February 1996 on DOS. The main story takes about 15 hrs to finish.
What Ripper is
Ripper is an adventure game developed by Take-Two Interactive and released in 1996. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ripper takes place in New York City in the year 2040. It opens with the investigation of the recent murder of Renee Stein, the third victim of a serial killer known as "The Ripper", largely out of the modus operandi similarity to Jack the Ripper. The player assumes the role of Jake Quinlan, a reporter for the Virtual Herald, whom The Ripper sends messages to detailing his murders (an act attributed to Jack the Ripper, although no letters have been proven to come from him). Along with the police (whose investigation is headed by Detective Vincent Magnotta), Quinlan is seeking The Ripper's true identity. After investigating Renee Stein's murder, Quinlan receives a message from The Ripper, who…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Ripper holds a critic score of 36 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 34 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15 hrs.
What it launched against
Ripper launched on 29 February 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II and Kirby Super Star. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Kirby Super Star.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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